Horizontal initiatives
From: Employment and Social Development Canada
Official title: Employment and Social Development Canada 2019–2020 Departmental plan -Annex 1.4: Horizontal initiatives
Youth Employment Strategy
Name of horizontal initiative
Youth Employment Strategy (YES)
Lead department
Employment and Social Development Canada
Federal partner organizations
Agriculture and Agri-food Canada; Global Affairs Canada; Canadian Heritage; Environment and Climate Change Canada; Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada; National Research Council; Natural Resources Canada; Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation; Indigenous Services Canada; and Parks Canada.
Start date of the horizontal initiative
April 1, 2003
End date of the horizontal initiative
Ongoing
Description of the horizontal initiative
Through the Youth Employment Strategy, the Government of Canada helps youth aged 15 to 30 to get the information and develop the job skills, abilities and experience they need to get good-quality jobs. The Youth Employment Strategy is a horizontal initiative led by Employment and Social Development Canada which is delivered collaboratively with ten other federal departments and agencies. The Youth Employment Strategy has three complementary program streams—Skills Link, Career Focus and Summer Work Experience, which includes Employment and Social Development Canada’s program Canada Summer Jobs (CSJ). These programs are delivered nationally, regionally and locally via contribution agreements.
Governance structures
The Youth Employment Strategy has in place a Performance Measurement Strategy that represents a commitment among the 11 participating federal departments to undertake ongoing collection of common performance management data to ensure effective overall performance management of the program.
Oversight of this horizontal initiative is provided through a collaborative committee structure. Employment and Social Development Canada is responsible for facilitating coordination among the departments and agencies funding Youth Employment Strategy activities. As policy lead of this horizontal initiative, Employment and Social Development Canada chairs and is responsible for the coordination and management of the Youth Employment Strategy Interdepartmental Operations Committee and Evaluation Sub-Committee.
Total federal funding allocated (from start to end date) (dollars)
Ongoing
Total federal planned spending to date (dollars)
Ongoing
Total federal actual spending to date (dollars)
Ongoing
Date of last renewal of the horizontal initiative
Not applicable
Total federal funding allocated at the last renewal and source of funding (dollars)
Not applicable
Additional federal funding received after the last renewal (dollars)
Not applicable
Total planned spending since the last renewal
Not applicable
Total actual spending since the last renewal
Not applicable
Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation
2019–20
Planning highlights
In 2019–20, to improve opportunities for all youth and support the most vulnerable, the Department will:
Implement recommendations stemming from the Expert Panel on Youth Employment and lay the ground work for a modernized Youth Employment Strategy which is expected to be announced in 2019–20; and
Continue the implementation of Budget 2018 commitments by serving additional vulnerable youth, and creating up to 70 000 placements for youth; nearly doubling the number of job placements through Canada Summer Job.
Contact information
Monika Bertrand, Director General
Employment Programs and Partnerships
Skills and Employment Branch
Telephone: 819-654-3345
monika.bertrand@hrsdc-rhdcc.gc.ca
Place du Portage, Phase IV
140 Promenade du Portage
Gatineau, Québec
| Federal organizations | Link to department’s Program Inventory | Horizontal initiative activities | Total federal allocation (from start to end date) (dollars) | 2019–20 Planned spending (dollars) | 2019–20 Expected results | 2019–20 Performance indicators | 2019–20 Targets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Employment and Social Development CanadaFootnote 1 | Youth Employment Strategy | Career Focus | Ongoing | 36,792,602 | Youth have access to programs that allow them to acquire the skills, learning experiences, and opportunities they need to find and maintain employment or return to school. | Number of clients serviced who have started one or more interventions within the current fiscal year. Number of clients employed or self-employed. Number of clients returned to school. | Clients Served: Employed or Self-Employed: Baseline year1 Return to School: Contribution Agreements: Baseline year1 Funds Leveraged: Baseline year1 |
| Skills Link | Ongoing | 168,768,394 | Clients Served: Employed or Self-Employed: Baseline year1 Return to School: Contribution Agreements: Baseline year1 Funds Leveraged: Baseline year1 | ||||
| Canada Summer Jobs (including Green Jobs) | Ongoing | 312,121,176 | Clients Served: CSJ: 70,000 SWE Green Jobs: Baseline year1 | ||||
| Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada | Career Focus | Career Focus | Ongoing | 1,080,000 | Youth have access to programs that allow them to acquire the skills, learning experiences and opportunities they need to find and maintain employment or return to school. | Number of clients serviced who have started one or more interventions within the current fiscal year. Number of clients employed or self-employed Number of clients returned to school. | Clients Served: 75 Employed or Self-Employed: 52 Return to School: 23 |
| Global Affairs Canada | International Youth Internship Program (IYIP) | Career Focus | Ongoing | 6,318,750 | The expected results for the IYIP include: i) increased awareness for female and male Canadian youth of the equal possibility of working internationally; ii) enhanced equal employability of female and male IYIP interns in Canada and in the field of international development; iii) improved capacity of female and male IYIP interns to contribute to international development in a gender-sensitive way. | Number of clients serviced who have started one or more interventions within the current fiscal year. Number of clients employed or self-employed. Number of clients returned to school. | Clients Served: Baseline year1 Employed or Self-Employed: Baseline year1 Return to School: Baseline year1 |
| Canadian Heritage | Young Canada Works | Career Focus | Ongoing | 695,000 | Youth have access to programs that allow them to acquire the skills, learning experiences and opportunities they need to find and maintain employment or return to school. | Number of clients serviced who have started one or more interventions within the current fiscal year. Number of clients employed or self-employed. Number of clients returned to school. | Clients Served: 64 Employed or Self-Employed: 16 Return to School: Not Applicable |
| Summer Work Experience | Ongoing | 12,550,103 | Clients Served: 1896 Employed or Self-Employed: 650 Return to school: 1198 | ||||
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | Science Horizons Youth Internship Program (SHYIP); International Environmental Youth Corps | Career Focus | Ongoing | 3,153,000 | Youth have access to programs that allow them to acquire the skills, learning experiences and opportunities they need to find and maintain employment or return to school. | Number of clients serviced who have started one or more interventions within the current fiscal year. Number of clients employed or self-employed. Number of clients returned to school. | Clients Served: 179 Employed or Self-Employed: 80% Employed or returned to school: 80% |
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | Digital Skill for Youth Internship Program | Career Focus | Ongoing | 10,027,194 | Youth have access to programs that allow them to acquire the skills, learning experiences and opportunities they need to find and maintain employment or return to school. | Number of clients serviced who have started one or more interventions within the current fiscal year. Number of clients employed or self-employed. Number of clients returned to school. | Clients Served: 210 Employed or Self-Employed: 60% Return to School: 12% |
| Computers for Schools Intern program [formerly known as Technical Work Experience Program (TWEP)] | Career Focus | Ongoing | 3,689,610 | ||||
| National Research Council | Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP) Youth Employment Program (YEP) | Career Focus | Ongoing | 5,373,000 | Youth have access to programs that allow them to acquire the skills, learning experiences and opportunities they need to find and maintain employment or return to school. | Number of clients serviced who have started one or more interventions within the current fiscal year. Number of clients employed or self-employed. Number of clients returned to school. | Clients Served: 166 Employed or Self-Employed: 70-75% Return to School: 2% |
| Natural Resources Canada | Science and Technology Internship Program | Career Focus | Ongoing | 600,000 | Youth have access to programs that allow them to acquire the skills, learning experiences and opportunities they need to find and maintain employment or return to school. | Number of clients serviced who have started one or more interventions within the current fiscal year. Number of clients employed or self-employed. Number of clients returned to school. | Clients Served: Baseline year1 Employed or Self-Employed: Baseline year1 Return to School: Baseline year1 |
| Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation | Housing Internship Initiative for First Nations and Inuit Youth | Skills Link | Ongoing | 4,854,978 | Youth have access to programs that allow them to acquire the skills, learning experiences and opportunities they need to find and maintain employment or return to school. | Number of clients serviced who have started one or more interventions within the current fiscal year. Number of clients employed or self-employed. Number of clients returned to school. | Clients Served: 437 Employed or Self-Employed: Not Applicable Return to School: Not Applicable |
| Indigenous Services Canada | The First Nations and Inuit Skills Link Program | Skills Link | Ongoing | 41,199,158 | Youth have access to programs that allow them to acquire the skills, learning experiences and opportunities they need to find and maintain employment or return to school. | Number of clients serviced who have started one or more interventions within the current fiscal year. Number of clients employed or self-employed. Number of clients returned to school. | Clients Served: Baseline year1 Employed or Self-Employed: Baseline year1 Return to School: Baseline year1 |
| The First Nations and Inuit Summer Work Experience Program | Summer Work Experience | Ongoing | 13,884,320 | Clients Served: Baseline year1 | |||
| Parks Canada | Young Canada Works in National Parks and National Historic Sites | Summer Work | Ongoing | 6,000,000 | Youth have access to programs that allow them to acquire the skills, learning experiences and opportunities they need to find and maintain employment or return to school. | Number of clients serviced who have started one or more interventions within the current fiscal year. Number of clients employed or self-employed. Number of clients returned to school. | Clients Served: 605 Employed or Self-Employed: Not Applicable Return to School: 605 |
| Total for all federal organizations | Not applicable | Not applicable | Ongoing | To be determined | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
*(Performance Indicators and Targets will be updated once the Performance Measurement Strategy is completed)
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